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The diagnostic term that means deficient supply of blood to the brain for a short time is called a(n):
Transient Ischemic Attack "TIA"
The diagnostic term that literally means inflamed joint is:
arthr/itis
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:
action taken, condition, or state
The surgical term that actually means "surgically breaking joint apart" is:
arthroclasia
The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:
-stasis
The term that describes movement toward the top of the body is:
cephalic
The first seven bones of the vertebral column (forming the neck) are the:
cervical
The surgical term for the repair of cartilage is called:
chondr/o/plasty
The term that means cartilage swelling or cartilage tumor is:
chondroma
In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the
combining vowel "used with both the stem word and suffix"
The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined as:
conveying toward the center
The surgical term that means "incision into the skull to drain fluid" is:
cranio/centesis
The combining form scolio- means:
crooked, curved
The term Ankylosis literally means:
crooked, stiff, bent/condition; bones pathologically fused together
The directional term for movement toward the back of the body is:
dorsal
The machine that records muscle activity is called the:
electromyo/graph
The surgical terms Lamin/ectomy and Rachi/o/tomy actually mean
excision of posterior vertebral arch and cutting the vertebral column
A "Tonometer" measures pressure within the ________:
eye
The term Dys/chrondro/plas/ia literally refers to:
faulty cartilage formation
A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a(n):
fibrochondroma
The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to:
formation, growth or development
The diagnostic term Ankylosing Spondylitis means:
fusing/process vertebrae/inflamed
The ____________is used to treat brain cancer by directing radiation at precise brain locations.
gamma knife
A group of nerve cell bodies that are found outside of the spinal cord and brain are referred to as:
ganglions or ganglia (pl.)
. What physicians administer small doses of similar disease substances to allegedly stimulate the natural body response of immunity?
homeopathic
diagnostic term for a condition caused by an increased amount of cerebral spinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain is:
hydrocephalus
The term "hyperplasia" means:
increase in development
The diagnostic term Pre/patellar Burs/itis means:
inflamed bursa below the knee
The diagnostic term Bunion (turnip sac) actually means:
inflamed bursa of the big toe's metatarsophalangeal joint
The diagnostic term Anterior Polio/myel/itis means an:
inflammation (viral based attack) of the frontal gray horn of the spinal cord
The diagnostic term Osteoarthritis means:
inflammation of a bone joint causing bone hypertrophy
The term "Bronchoscope" literally means:
instrument to view trachea-like structures
The diagnostic term Sub/luxation actually means:
partial joint dislocation
Iatro/genic means
physician caused
The diagnostic term for inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord is:
polio/myel/itis
The medical term "Gangli/ec/tom/y" means:
procedure of cutting out a knot
A "Myelogram" is used to record _______ information:
spinal cord/nerve tissue
If one is flat on their back and face up, they are in a _____ position.
supine
The ankle bones are called the ________ bones:
tarsal
The diagnostic term Avulsion means:
tearing lose of a body part like a bone chip or ligament
The term "Laryngo/scop/y" literally and actually means:
the procedure of viewing and examining the voice box
The medical term Burs/itis literally means:
wine sac or sac inflamed
The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the _____ _____ and _____
word root and combining vowel
About how many men will develop breast cancer?
1/1,000
Acupuncture has been practiced in the United States since:
1970s
The diagnostic term Hip Disarticulation (HD) also means:
A surgical amputation through the joint capsule of the hip joint
The diagnostic term for a process that includes the use of a computer to produce a series of images of the tissues of the brain at any desired depth is:
CAT Scan
CTS is an abbreviation for ___________ Syn/drome (sign and symptom complex).
Carpal Tunnel
The interruption of blood supply to the brain caused by a cerebral thrombosis, cerebral embolism, or cerebral hemorrhage is called:
Cerebro/vascular Accident, Apoplexy, or Stroke
A "_______" is a noninvasive roentgenography diagnostic technique.
Computerized Axial Tomography
An Osteopathic Physician is represented by the Medical Abbreviation ____ and a Chiropractic Physician is represented by the Medical Abbreviation _______.
DO and DC
Who is considered the founder of chiropractics?
Daniel David Palmer
An "Electro Shock Therapy - EST" is also known as:
Electric Convulsive Therapy
The diagnostic term Genu Varum ( knees are in the varus position) means:
Knees are bent outward (bow-legged)
A "_____" produces a radio frequency radiation pulse image of soft and hard tissue in multiple planes.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Scan)-MRI
Which of these conditions would be treated with Phakic IOLs?
Myopia
Any therapy that relies on the body's own healing powers is considered:
Natural
The diagnostic term for an emotional disorder characterized by the use of ineffective skills for coping with anxiety or inner conflict is:
Neurosis
The most common combining vowel is
O
A Optometric Physician uses the Medical Abbreviation:
OD
A physician who uses techniques and treatments common to Medical Doctors and Chiropractic Physicians is a(n):
Oste/o/path
The medical term for a specialist who treats and diagnoses foot disease and disorders such as corns, bunions, claw foot, ingrown toenails, and par/onych/itis is a(n):
Pod/iatr/ist
What treats the body using principles similar to acupuncture and acupressure?
Reflexology
Who is considered the founder of homeopathy?
Samuel Hahnemann
Which of these was the first 3D-printed drug approved by the FDA?
Spritam
The procedure of using an instrument that produces high frequency sound waves to produce an image of the size or shape of a body part is called:
Ultra/sono/graph/y
The term "Mammogram" means:
a recording of the breast
Muscle terms for belly or abdomen are
abdominus or laparal
The term defined as the process of drawing away from the mid-line or middle is:
abduction
What physicians use antagonistic substances to attach to disease organisms or illness?
allopathic
All hypnosis techniques put an individual in a relaxed state of ____ brain wave activity.
alpha
The term 'coronal' or 'frontal plane' divides the body into the:
anterior and posterior portions
The term for X-ray film (recording) of a joint is:
arthro/gram
The procedural term that means visual examination inside a joint is:
arthroscop/y
The term "Clinical" means:
at patient's bedside
The diagnostic term Rheumat/oid Arthr/itis means:
auto-immune disease often with cartilaginous hyper/troph/y
The term "Prognosis" means:
before knowledge
A trephine is used to remove
bone
The myeloid tissue in cancellous bone is semi-liquid and produces most RBCs, WBCs, and Platelets is usually referred to as:
bone marrow or red marrow
The diagnostic term Osteosarcoma means:
bone tumors that causes hard tissue to become soft and fleshy
A "EEG" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
brain
A "PET Scan" is used to detect glucose or energy use levels of the ________:
brain
The diagnostic term that means abnormal build up of calcium on the kneecap (patella) surface is:
calcin/osis
An epithelial or covering cell malignant tumor is referred to as a(n):
carcinoma
The wrist bones composed of 8 small bones in two rows are called the:
carpus or carpals
The directional term that means "toward the lower end of the body" is:
caudal
The largest region of the brain is the:
cerebrum
The diagnostic term Cerebr/al Thromb/o/sis means
condition of a blood clot in the brain
Bone is described as _____ tissue.
connective
The combining forms or terms that literally mean "rib" are:
cost/o and pleuro-
Body "X-rays" produce pictures of _____body tissue and bones:
dense
Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or _____ .
distinction of the object from something else
An "Otoscope" is used to view the:
ear
Small acupuncture needles are used for:
ears
A procedure of making a record of muscle activity is called:
electro/myo/graph/y
diagnostic term that means softening of the brain is:
en/cephalo/malac/ia
The combining form that means "physical sensation, sensitivity, or feeling" is
esthesi/o
The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is:
eti/o
The surgical term Phalang/ectomy means:
excision of a finger or toe bone
The diagnostic term Syn/dactylia means:
fingers connected together
A "Pacemaker" can be external or internal and usually generates electrical stimuli to the heart muscle with ________:
fixed and/or alternate impulses
The diagnostic term Pes Planus means:
flat foot
The diagnostic term for a disease that causes excessive amounts of uric acid crystals in the blood to be deposited in joint (elbow or toe) is:
gout
Which of these body parts is commonly massaged by practitioners of reflexology?
hand
According to Barbara Ann Brennan's "Hands of Light," a white aura indicates:
health and happiness
A "Thallium - Hot Spot Test" is used to detect _____ damage:
heart
The literal meaning of the diagnostic term Cardio/myo/path/y is:
heart/muscle/disease/condition
The diagnostic term My/asthenia Gravis actually means:
heavy because of muscle weakness
An ankle sprain is often characterized by ________:
hematoma formation, with ligaments that are stretched, or partially or fully torn
The term "Ophthalmo/scop/e" means:
instrument to examine the eye
The "Pyelogram" records information about the _____:
kidney pelvis
The combining forms that mean "movement or motion" are
kinesio- and -praxia
Cancers of the circulatory system include:
leukemia and lymphomas
A fatty tumor is called a(n) :
lipoma, steatoma, or adipoma
The third set of 5 large vertebrae, which form the inward curve of the lower spine and are the spinal column's major weight bearers, are called:
lumbar vertebrae
What is the manipulation of the body's soft tissues by stroking, rubbing, kneading and tapping?
massage
The upper jawbone is called the:
maxilla
The prefix that means "change or after" is:
meta-
"Fluoroscopy" is used to record
moving body parts
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:
muscle
The diagnostic terms My/asthenia and Neur/asthenia mean:
muscle weakness and nerve weakness
The diagnostic term Muscular Dys/trophy means:
muscles that have faulty development; and wasting away of the muscles that did develop properly
The term that means spinal cord inflammation is:
myel/itis
The combining form __________ means bone marrow or spinal cord.
myelo- "osteomyelitis or myelogram"
The medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is:
neoplasm
The diagnostic term Neur/asthenia means:
nerve weakness
The term Chiro/pract/or literally means:
one who practices by hand
The muscle term ad/duct/or literally means:
one who/draws/toward
A body part which is formed of two or more types of body tissue and performs one or more specific functions is called a(n) ________:
organ
The diagnostic term that means abnormal loss of bone density or increased bone poros/ity is:
osteo/por/o/sis
An instrument used to cut bone is called a(n):
osteo/tom/e
The medical term cephalo/dynia means:
pain in the head
The suffix -paresis means:
partial paralysis
The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by disease" is :
path/o/logy
The study of disease is referred to as:
pathology
The combining forms that mean "stone" are:
petro- and litho-
In the divided medial term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts?
por- and -osis
The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a
prefix
The term "Tympanostomy" literally means:
procedure of cutting and making a mouth-like opening in the ear drum
The term "Surgery" literally means:
procedure of working by hand
The term "Auscult/ation" literally means:
process or procedure for listening
The term "Percuss/ion" literally means:
process or procedure of striking
The term that describes the direction closest to the point of origin is:
proximal
A bone process or eye membrane disease term that means resembling a wing is ________:
pteryg/oid
The combining word form that refers to the "spine, vertebral column, and/or vertebra" is:
rachi/o- and spondyl/o-
Irid/olog/y literally means
rainbow/science/procedure of
"Angiograms" are used for ________:
recording pictures of vessels
The term Anthropo/metr/ic means:
refers to the measurement of humans
the word part that contains the fundamental meaning of a word is the
root word "stem word"
The diagnostic term Herniated Disc means:
ruptured or protruding inter/vertebral disk cartilage
The term that divides the body into right and left halves is the:
sagittal plane "like an arrow"
The diagnostic term for a viral disease that affects the peripheral nerves and causes the skin to blister along the course of the nerve is:
shingles
An "EMG" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
skeletal muscle
The combining form phas/o- means
speech
The structure that conducts nerve impulses to and from the brain and serves as a reflex center for some sensory information without input from the brain is the
spinal cord
The surgical term that means fusing together of the spine (vertebrae) is:
spondyl/o/syn/desis
The surgical term Arthr/o/desis means:
surgical fixation or binding of a joint
The diagnostic term Rotator Cuff Avulsion actually means:
tearing of shoulder joint's soft tissues, ligaments, and deep tendons (rotator cuff muscles)
The diagnostic term that means pain in the tendon is:
tenalgia or tenodynia
The condition resulting in spasms of the nerves and muscles due to an abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood is:
tetany
The muscle term sphincter means
that which bind together
The diagnostic term Ankylos/ing Spondyl/itis refers to the auto-immune condition of Rheumatoid Arthritis and actually means:
the abnormal condition of stiffness and fusion of vertebrae
The term "Biopsy" literally means:
the procedure of viewing life
The diagnostic term Hammer Toe means:
the toe or toes of the foot are bent over or down - like a hammer
The combining form hist/o- means:
tissue or web-like
The term "Phlebotomy" means:
to cut into a vein
The term "Sphygmo/mano/meter" literally means:
to measure the pulse by hand
The term "metastasis" means:
to spread
The directional term 'lateral' describes movement in which direction:
to the side
The directional term 'inferior' describes movement:
toward the lower end of the body
What type of medicine has ancient origins, strong cultural ties, and trained healers?
traditional
The combining form onc/o- means:
tumor
The muscle term supinator means:
turns upward - one who
The term that describes movement toward the belly is:
ventral
The diagnostic term Spondylo/listh/esis literally and actually means:
vertebrae/slippage/condition
The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:
viscer/o-
In the medical term 'intra/ven/ous', -ven- is the:
word root or stem word